de.jiac.micro.core
Interface IAgent

All Superinterfaces:

IContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAgent

public interface IAgent
extends IContainer

Tiny interface to describe an agent.

Author:

Marcel Patzlaff, Erdene-Ochir Tuguldur

Method Summary

Object	getProperty(String key) Obtains an agent property associated with the specified key.
void	setProperty(String key, Object value) Associates a property key with the specified value.

Methods inherited from interface de.jiac.micro.core.IContainer

addHandle, getClassLoader, getHandle, getLogger, getLogger, removeHandle

Method Detail

getProperty

Object getProperty(String key)

Obtains an agent property associated with the specified key.

Parameters:

key - the key for the property (= property name)

Returns:

the value of the property or null if not set

setProperty

void setProperty(String key,
                 Object value)

Associates a property key with the specified value.

If value is null then this method just removes the property.

Parameters:

key - the key for the property (= property name)

value - the value for the property or null if the property should be removed